Antonyms for prescribe
prɪˈskraɪbpre·scribe

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1. prescribe

   Antonyms:
   inhibition, prohibit, discountenance, discommend

   Synonyms:
   enjoin, order, impose, recommend, indicate, decree, dictate

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1. • Impose

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1. order, prescribe, dictateverb

   issue commands or orders for

   Synonyms:
   put, govern, ordain, regularise, rate, dictate, arrange, set up, say, grade, ordinate, range, rank, consecrate, enjoin, regulate, tell, order, place, regularize

How to use prescribe in a sentence?

1. Mary Lou Marzian:

   My point is to illustrate how intrusive and ridiculous it is for elected officials to be inserting themselves into private and personal medical decisions, a health-care practitioner shall... prescribe a drug for erectile dysfunction only to a man who is currently married.

2. Elaine Taylor-Klaus:

   A doctor won't prescribe a fidget.

3. David Whelan:

   Paul has been able to speak to our parents by phone, paul is sick - he's indicated he has a 102F temperature and that prisoners are sharing around any over-the-counter medications they can spare. Paul also said he was receiving antibiotics, although if he has the cold virus he thinks he has, it's not clear why the prison medical staff would prescribe them.

4. Baruch Spinoza:

   Laws which prescribe what everyone must believe, and forbid men to say or write anything against this or that opinion, are often passed to gratify, or rather to appease the anger of those who cannot abide independent minds.

5. Thomas Madejski:

   Any physician that chooses to prescribe any medication for reasons other than patient need faces threat of significant sanction... as well as potentially criminal and civil penalties.

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